Issue 的开头（一）[原创]

feier521UID: 109747

Issue 的开头（一）

开头是很重要的，勿庸置疑,真正的写作都是要求写一个有特色的，吸引人的开头的；但是在issue的写作中，就存在这样一个矛盾：独特的开头VS考试时间。一般说来，好的开头需要仔细斟酌的，但是如果一个好的开头占去你7、8分钟甚至更长的时间，你还会不会考虑去精雕细凿这样一个开头呢？肯定不会的，因为谁都知道论证部分是最重要的，也是ETS的评分员最看重的。光有一个华丽的开头而没有充实的论证，格外会给评分员造成坏的印象，因此总结一个你最熟练的，最省时间的开头吧（当然这也不意味着就要生硬的套模板）！
另外，issue的开头一定要提出自己的position，鲜明立场！这一点也尤其重要。有的网友的开头，词汇和句式都很棒，但是看了以后，云里来，雾里去的，让人不知道他想表达什么？这一点在英文写作中尤其忌讳。写英文文章不象一些汉语习惯，层层推理论述，得出观点。一定要开门见山。（每一段的论述也是如此，先提出立场，观点是最首当其冲的，等有时间写issue的论证部分（二）在具体说）

总结了一下开头的几种套路：
1、背景＋立场
开头来个背景介绍，然后引出自己的观点，比较适用于科技类。例如：
With the advent of the information era, human beings are gradually submerged into the information ocean that a large amount of information is unceasingly pouring into our minds at an unprecedented speed.

Although scientific discoveries and technological advances have produced tremendous improvements in the quality of human life, they have often had negative consequences as well.

2、反驳的观点＋立场
可以用于选择性的issue，象这个现代化和传统的：
There is much debate over/One of the universal issues that draw growing concern is whether or not tradition and modernization are incompatible. Some people may claim that they necessarily conflict with each other, while others argue that the two are not mutually exclusive. Insofar as I can think, the best way is to coordinate them and exert their own advantages for contemporary society.
这种开头比较俗，有点象TOEFL的开头，一看就有模板的嫌疑。（不推荐）

3、重述作者观点＋立场
The speaker in the title statement prefers/claims/advocates that…. By contrast, I tend to agree that…/take for granted that…/ am in favor of…/am inclined to support the idea that也可以disagree

4、提问＋立场
就是把论题换成问句，然后给出自己的立场，可以肯定也可否定，例如：
Is the surest indicator of a great nation not the achievements of its elites, say the political leaders, artists, or scientists, etc. but the general welfare of its people, as the speaker asserts? As far as I am concerned, the two facets are not mutually exclusive; what the achievements of the elites means is just the welfare of the people.

5、直接陈述观点＋（让步）＋立场
直接同意（不同意）作者的观点，然后让步一下
I fundamentally/strongly agree/disagree with the speaker on the assertion/allegation/claim that…
The speaker makes a threshold claim that…

例如：儿童socialized的那一篇
I fundamentally agree with the speaker on the threshold assertion that how children are socialized today determines the destiny of society, and admittedly the ways of educating children have been in controversy and still are not so perfect. Nevertheless, an increasing number of educators and parents are realizing the importance of well raising children and already take some necessary actions to do this.

6、新颖的开头
象言简意赅地陈述一个story，anecdote啦；来个比喻，排比啦等等（呵呵，对此研究不深）
举例（网友hehui的那篇关于现代化和传统的开头，很棒）：
There is an interesting Chinese popular story of "coffee or tea": a grandpa and his grandson both like to drink something in the morning to keep them alert. The grandpa favors Chinese traditional tea while the grandson prefers western style coffee. Neither of them is willing to try the other's choice. At the first glance, the little story demonstrates us a picture of the incompatibility of the grandfather who represents the tradition and the grandson standing for the modern world. However, the true relationship between tradition and modernization is, on the contrary, interactive and interdependent, and most importantly, they both serve the same master, that is mankind.

其实为节省时间，到最后我都用4和5这样的开头，2、3分钟就可以搞定开头，剩的时间就可以用于论证部分。当然要是有把握把开头写的即能吸引眼球，又不花费太长的时间，还是推荐后者。以上都是举的我文章里的例子（除了最后一个），还有我的个人观点，呵呵，仅供参考。大部分考生都考完了吧，不知道还有没有用？

加菲熊UID: 103463

feier  真牛！
佩服！！！

feier521UID: 109747

呵呵，谢谢加菲，神出鬼没的

不亦乐乎UID: 131840

经典！
多谢，多谢！

玲珑女UID: 142984

非常有用啊，其实22号－25号还有最后一轮考试高峰，看看你的开头方式收获不小，多谢！
顶一下！：）

imongUID: 140258

我想总结开头，也算是一种模版化的东西

又能够省时间又能够不引起阅卷人的反感，还是直接入题的好。也就是feier说的4和5。
当然，如果能写出6来则是再好不过。
可以看看孙远的新书，也有说这个问题。

genie05UID: 30358

真不够意思，好东东不早点贴，我们这些就郁闷了！
anyway，3x

木耳UID: 123036

我写issue开头超不过三分钟,有灵感就多写几句,没话说就两句话.第一句亮明态度观点,第二句点一下分论点.嘿嘿.

个人认为issue开头不要强求.简单明了最好.重点在主体部分.尤其现在大部分朋友考试在即,时间无多.当然了,如果有人能像feier一样牛,段时间内再编出这么一个自己的开头来,那再好不过

grillUID: 138097

好东西，PFPF!